The Straits Times, 20 January 1933

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  • 39 1 The Straits Times \»^r [ESTABLISHED. NEARLY A CENTURY.] THE VARCEST g?VD MOST INFOJEISTIAL NEWSPAPER IN MJtIYX. ?0 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDA% JANUARY 20, 1933. PRICE 10 CENTS The Straits Times 20 PAGES. SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1933 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 354 1 Singapore: 78, Cecil st. (-phone sisit,-' IV-- ,UJIM, UJ1M 1 f^W'i La w*^ «15 Tonight 9.15. Mi PHANTOM (PRESIDENT. Phone 5261-2. MALAYAN CHAMPIONSHIP WON and British Record Broken with help of f PHOSFERINE CHAMPION 001 LEONG TEIK writes "IT is with the greatest pleasure that I write to testily to
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    • 109 1 "WEAK EYES? BE WISE -EZEKIEUSE" CONSULT M. EZEKIEC A SONS, OptometrliU and Optlclaas. Blncapor* and Batirla. TeL No. 394». STOP GUESSING ABOUT THE TIME. The light socket in your home ia now b source of electrically regulated, dependable time. You do not have to regulate the Hammond Electric Clock to
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    • 163 1 KUALA- LUMPUR 28, JAVA ST. '('PHONE 3ee3V; REXOLITE V r-1 L LIST 0F K,ng of Clubs ffiCENT SUCCKSK RESULT OF Jf Long Driving Competition jfM OPEN TO ALL BRITISH PROFESSIONALS H The above Competition -mis won by ■-gmmM^ c. f. rose -JS js^^sf^r .a^l Present Assistant Professional <il the Shrub
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    • 15 1 I «.l»lJMdght 9.13. I The PHANTOM I PRESIDENT. I 1 Phone 5261-2. I I ..J
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 3090 2 SHIPPING ANNOUNCEMENTS. P. &a, BRITISH INDfA |IKWJBM|,J BURNS PHUP LINE. flffi EAST ASIATIC CO., y^^s^i i I I AND APCAR LINK. Itf^MtvU^lU^ ;f *.corp.r.uj.. a.^u.v LIMITED. H jli KtSf?^ (Incorporate*" Irf Phaiand.) FOR BRISBANE. SYDNEY A>!D (Incorporaftd- in Denmark.) B^ T T 1 M >a^RCl^r>4L^ AIL. PASSENOBR AND CARGO (NIPPON
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  • 438 3 Early Morning Attack In Hong Kong Flat. A Briton's desperat- struggle in pitch darkness with unknown armed intruders who did not hesitate to use their weapons, occurred in the small hours of the morning of Jan. IS, in Hong Kong. The European, Mr. William Beatty, was rather seriously
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  • 249 3 Bitter Opposition In Canton. The native kerosene manufacturers' •association of Canton is emphatic in its denouncement of the Nanking Government's increase of import duty on crude oil by 2.1A0 gold Customs units per ton, w.'h effect from Jan. 5. The Association alleges that the increased duty will affect
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  • 145 3 Museum Officials Exonerated. Nanking, Jan. 18. Ire .-pwial commission of inquiry appointed to investigate the accusation? widely circulated against the authorities in charge of the Peking Palace Museum, has now submitted its report to the Control Yuan. The report is very lengthy and makes a few minor criticisms,
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  • Shipping News.
    • 113 3 Little Damage to Ship Or Cargo. On the arrival of the Maritime IndoChinoise boat, G. G. Paul Doumer, yesterday a report was made that during the voyage from Saigon an outbreak of fire was discovered in one of the holds, but was quelled without much damage
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    • 519 3 New Type of Diesel War Vessel. With its "colonial avisos," or sloops, the French Admiralty has evolved quite a new and interesting design of war vessel. Out of seven already ordered, four have now completed their sea trials and have been commissioned. The results attained have been excellent
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  • 184 3 Heavy Punishments For Violations. Nanking, Jan- 4. It is learned that a new criminal statute, entitled "Law for the Protection of Military Secrets," has been promulgated by the National Government. The new law provides that persons found guilty of leakage or publication of news, documents, pictures or articles
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  • 74 3 HUA TONG. Brit.. 109 tons, from Pt. Dick- I son 19.1 for Muar 20.1. KAMPAR, Brit. 489 tons, from Malacca 20.1 for Pt. Dickson 21.1. OPTEN NOORT, Dutch, 3,566 tons, from n. Deli 20.1 for Batavia via Muntok 20.1. PHALOPO, Dutch, 628 tons, from Sigkawang 20.1 for West
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  • 103 3 Friday, Jan. 20. Ship* aloncstde the Wharre* or expected to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf Lch. 'Hyireia," Lch. "Lady Clifford" Havre, Van Heutsz. Oil Wharf H.K.S. "Berwick". :oal Wharf Nil. VESSELS IN DKT DOCKS. Fanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Ipoh. Victoria Dock Soli. Keppel Harbour. King's Dock Centaur,
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  • 351 3 The following passengers are sailing by the P. and O. Ranchi, which left Singapore at 9.34) a.m. today for Penang, Colombo and Europe: Mr. E. A. Corbin, Mr. R. D. Milligan, Miss G. L. Piggott, Mr. P. E. Bishop, Mlsi A. M. B«han, Mr. and Mrs. E. Watt, Miss
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  • 209 3 Bridal Party Cause A Street Scene. The four principals at a Nottingham wedding appeared in the police court. It was alleged that the bridegroom, Paddy Carney, aged 33, hawker, was drunk and disorderly, the bride, Ivy Lily, aged 26, obstructed a policeman; the best man, John Thomas Flowers,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 474 3 SNORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. (Incorporated in Germany .f\ I> 717 1 The undermentioned are the company's intended fixtures: OUTWARD. 5 M FRANKEN for Manila, Honf Konjr. Shanghai, Japan and North China J« n 23 8 GOSLAR for Japan and North China J» n 81 COBLENZ for Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan
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    • 396 3 LOWEST THROUGH FARES To England via America are now being quoted. Take advantage of them— NOW I Include the CHICAGO INTERNE TIONAL EXPOSITION JUNE— NOVEMBER 1933 And the INTERNATIONAL ROTARY CONVENTION AT BOSTON in your itinerary. A trip via the Panama Canal with stops at Balboa, Cristobal and Havana is
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    • 477 3 ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Freight Service to UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. Tla Ports and Suez CanaL OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN, Steamer Due Spore. sj. CITY OF KHIOS Feb. 25 Feb. 28 HOMEWARDS. s.B. CITY OF RANGOON for Havre, London, B'dam Hamburg Jan.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 187 3 TIDE TABLES. Friday, January 20. H. W. 3.59 8 ft. 6 in., 4.54 p.m., 7 ft. 6 in, Saturday. January 21.H. W. 4.50 a.m., 8 ft. 4 in., 6.46 p.m., 7 ft. 1 in. Sunday, January 22. H. W. 5.55 a.m., 8 ft. 4 in., 8.55 p.m, 7 ft. 4
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 559 4 SITUATION VACANT When applying for any position advertised, la these columns send copies o» testimonials. On nol aend originals. WANTED, 1st clast conductor, able to take charge of division. Good salary to the right man. 973, Straits Times. WANTED immediately, first class con-ductor-factory clerk. State salary required. Peradin Estate. Ponsian,
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    • 671 4 HOUSES, FLAT9TO LET TO LIT, snail bungalow. No. 6 Granaa Rd. Vpply te The British Malaya Trust**.* Ex- Mincer <Vk. Ltd.. Tal. HH. TO LET, "ScntosM" 61, Stevens Road, A Compound house, furniih-d, suitable for boarding house. Apply personally to Estate Trnst Agencies (1827) Ltd. TANGLIN RESIDENCE TO LET. Terrace
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    • 968 4 BUSINESS PREMISES MISCELLANEOUS TO Lfcl 1 ton can have THE SUNEAY TIMES dcliv- T ~1 Z^Z 1 ered to you every week for three months for TO LET, OWKfiflit W. 60. Manager. Sunday Times. 3t, top «oa* and No. 22, Kefioo Place. Apply Koh Chew Kee, 129, KilHney Road! I
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    • 555 4 PUBLIC NOTICES. KIM SENG LAND. CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. Notice is hereby given that the several creeks belonging to this Company between Kobertson Quay and Kirn Srng Roar) and lending from the Singapore River towards River Valley Road will lie closed on Thursday, January 20, *****. CHEW CHENC YONC, Secretary. Dated
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    • 426 4 BUSINESS CARDS. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE. Mrs. HAKU and Miss BANA. WATERLOO STREET. Telephone 7467. HOON SECK TRADING CO. No. 1, Raffles I'laif. FLEXIBLE STEEL WIM KOl'K, LAMPS FOR SHIPS and TONGKANGS COPPER NOZZLES COUPLINGS FIRE KXTINCUSIIEKS SHIP'S TELEGRAPHS STEAM WHISTLES ANCHORS, ETC., ETC. To be cleared at reduced
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 71 4 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Singapore Wlthla Outside without Malaya. Malaya Postage. Vunthly 3.00 4.00 I 2.00 Joarterlr 8.50 f 12.00 7.60 tlai* Yearly $17.00 $34.00 |16.00 f— jt>_ «34.00 $48.00 $80.00 ADVERTISEMENT RATES The charges and Instructions for CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS appear on tke form at the bottom of this psge. Gontra-t rates
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  • 324 5 Counsel Says It Was A "Deliberate Trap." The hearing was continued yesterday and again adjourned, until tomorrow, before Mr. A. W. Hay, the Second Police Magistrate, of the case in which two Chinese, Lai Chai Lut and Oh Tai Wah, were charged respectively with practising medicine
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  • 106 5 M. Bogmoloff Going To Nanking. Shanghai, Jan. 13. Tho Soviet Government has appointed M. Bogmoloff as Russian Minister to China and he is expected to arrive in Nanking shortly. His arrival is expected to enable further progress to be made with the scheme for an air-mail service to
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  • 199 5 Threat to Murder The Head "Boy." A police guard was on duty at the wharves where the X.P.M. liner Nieuw Holland was berthed yesterday. The head "boy," it is understood, was threatened with murder should be set foot in Singapore. The Nieuw Holland came alongside the
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  • 45 5 Suggested Embargo In United States. Washington, Jan. 19. The Senate approved a resolution permitting the President of the I'm! <1 Stales to place an embargo on the export of arms "after pecurinK the cooperation of such government M tinPresident <ieeins necessary." Renter.
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  • 217 5 Industrial Tour In Germany. Berlin, Jan. 17. The Central Government's special industrial envoy, Dr. H. H. Kungr, has left here for a tour of the Rhenish industrial centres, following invitations from the Krupp, Essen, Gute, Hoffnurnjshuette, Oberhausen and Duesseldorf Municipalities, the Chinese Institute at •Frank fort-on-Main
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  • 45 5 (From Our Own Correspondent) Mediin, Jan. 14. As a result of injuri"s received in a fire on the oil-fie!<l of Soengei Geronp (Sumatra) in the neighbourhood of Palembang. Mr. D. R. MUlington, a British employee of the Dutch Colonial Oil Co., has died.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 586 5 HOTELS RAFFLES HOTEL. MALAYA'S PREMIER AoTELV THiS EVENING I TOMORROW tea nAiur** RUSTAFFEL TEA DANCc. i P m <>..{(> lo 8.15 p.m. SPECIAL DINNER DANCE INFORMAL AND CABARET DINNER DANCE j HUGO JOSEPHINE 9.30 p.m. to Mid-night j ENTIRE CHANGE OF gramme I DIRECT FROM PARIS NEW YORK RAFFLES CELEBRATED
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    • 6 5 a^^BLa# A^^^m TEST ONK ON PAGE
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    • 22 5 FOURNIER'S HYGENJQUE MIXTURE TONIC ELIXIR World Wid* Reputation. JUfaM Bubstituta*. Md *y *tl Cbeatwts and Btor*s **4 fSDBSAJL DI6PINSAST. KaaUa So.uar«, fllngapaw.
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  • 1446 6 Radium Dangers. LORI) LEE'S WARNING AGAINST QUACKS.' Important pronouncements on the present and future use of radium in the treatment of cancer were made by Lord Lee of Fan-ham, the Chairman of the Radium (°ominis>ion, who delivered the 15th Silvanus Thompson Memorial Lecture before the annual congress
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  • 205 6 But Only 13s. 6d. A Week To Keep House. The story of a man of 82. who kept £'175 in gold and notes under his bed and gave his housekeeper 13s. 6d. a week for domestic expeness, was told at Wincanton Police Court, Somerset. Annie Elizabeth Lemon, the
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  • 213 6 Forbidden to Officers In R.A.F. The Army, Navy, and Air Force have become "dress conscious." An Air Ministry order issued recently states that in fture officers of the Royal Air Force in uniform are not to carry canes. The regulation "swagger sticks" must not be carried by airmen
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  • 390 6 How Liner Rivals Steal Our Traffic. The Nederland Royal Mail liner Marnix Van Sint Aldegonde sails from Southampton for the Far East with a full complement of 500 passengers, states the Daily Express of Dec. 16. There are nearly 200 British people, including the ex-Lord
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  • 161 6 Farm Worker Runs Car On 15s. A Week. A farm labourer motorist, who stated that his wages were from 15s. to 30s. a week, appeared at North London Police Court. He was Henry Gumble, aged 46, of Newlands Hall, Roxhall, Chelmsford, and he was charged with driving while
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  • 152 6 Headmaster's Plea For New Universities. Sir William Beveridge pleaded at the conference of headmasters at Westminster School for greater recognition of the possibilities of modern universities as against the ancient universities. "To the general public," he said, the universities' are the two seats of rowing from which
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  • 65 6 Threat To Detain Hong Kong Cargoes. The South-Western Political Council in Canton has ordered the Kwanfrtung Provincial Government to detain cargoes that have been shipped along with invoice issued by the Chinese Government Invoice Officer in Hone Kong. The Council considers that the Hone Kimc institution is totally
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  • 380 6 Adultery After the Life With "Blackguard." The King's Proctor intervened in the Divorce Court before Mr. Justice Bateson, to show cause why tho decree nisi granted to Mrs. Maria Miranda, of Regent's Park Road, N.W., should not be made absolute. Mrs. Miranda was granted a
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  • 56 6 Dutch Research Expert To Inspect Estates. (From Our Own CnrrpsnonHent.'* Medan, Jan. lfi. It is stated, that the director of the West Java Research Station, Dr. Deuss, will shortly leave for Indo-China. He has been invited by some French owners of rubber and tea estates to inspect their
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  • 413 6 Ten Years of Research And Experiment. The discovery, after ten years' research, of a completely successful method of protecting dogs and other animals against distemper is claimed in the fina' report of the "Field" Distemper Council This discovery is described as the result of research work
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  • 420 6 Canada's Step to Stop Weetigo." Vancouver. The Government of Canada, through the Mounted Police, is investigating a recurrence of the Weetigo superstition, i>nd its accompanying unlawful practices, among the Indians of the North, where according to meagre reports, 2(5 Indians have perished of starvation caused by these
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 367 6 THE FUTURE OF THE EMPIRE lies in the arms of every nursing mother \J&SfcAJ '""pHERE are occasions when, do whst yoo V^^T/ XT 7 w ju > (h e Mother's milk remains scanty, y«!»y" _^r weak and unsuitable. In these cases Sun- X^\ S ihine Glaxo has proved helpful to
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 164 7 LAUREL HARDY'S "PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES" NEXT WED. ALUAMBRA The Independent Theatre with the Pick of the World's Pictures. NIGHTLY 6.15 9.15. MATINEE TOMORROW AT 3 P_M. YESTERDAY'S PAPERS GAVE YOU THE WHOLE STORY! AND WHAT ENTHUSIASM! LAUGHS? THRILLS? ITS PACKED WITH THEM! The Producer of "Hell's Angels now brings
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    • 18 7 NEW YEAR RESOLUTION BUY A BRITISH Bar- Lock TYPEWRITER SINGAPORE REPRESENTATIVE A. W. DAVISON, P. 0. BOX 164.
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    • 346 7 "Never in fife history has such gorgeous fun been poked at authority" it surprised audiences last light." FREE PRESS 19-1-33. 6is| CAPITOL ItM An Unusual Stor>'— Just one laugh' after another! Paramount's Riotous Mosica! Burlesque "The PHANTOM VT^ PRLoIDENT y^Titi' With the famous composer nnd ■h 4Mk comedian lE' !i
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    • 240 7 THERE GOES THE BRIDE! H ....fflßll^ffy, .jw^H_rV4lTti--r--nlt--riT--ri -.Hrr-J-TT-Tl ffW Ikl-U. RESERVATIONS PHONE 6903 MATINEE TOMORROW AT 3. 15. MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW AND EE j SURE OF A GOOD SHOW, FOR THE WEEK END: CONSTANCE BENNETT "TWO AGAINST THE WORLD" Warner Bros' big hit A Brilliant Picture and a Brilliant
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  • 364 8 Commodities Again Lower. NEAR TIN DECLINES £1 7s. 6d. (By Our Financial Correspondent.) Singapore, Friday. Today's Prices: Rubber, 6 7/16 cents per lb. Tin, Singapore price $73.87 2 per picul. Yesterday's Prices: Rubber. London, 2'*d., down l/32d. New York, 2 29/32, down 1/32 ct. Market Tone Steady
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  • 75 8 Noon, Jan. 20. R.S.S. eoual to London Standard: Buyers. Sellers Spot (loose) ..6 716 69 16 (F. 0.8.) 6 < t 6% Standard R.S.S. on Tender: Buyers. Sellers Feb. 6% 6">' K Mar. 6-' 6 U Apr.-June 6H 613 IP July-Sept. ..6 15 16 7
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  • 71 8 Singapore, Jan. 20. (iainljicr 4 :t (Culh-) No. 1 unpicked) 10.00 Copra 5.0.")! mixed 4.60 j Saj'o flour, Sarawak 2.00 White Pepper 20 -V| Black Pepper 16-v, IVarl B**O 3.90 small 3.90 medium 6.00 Ri<c Siam Sl4B to 202 I Saigon $132 to 137 Rangoon $136 to 15G No.
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  • LOCAL STOCK AND SHARE QUOTATIONS.
    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
      • 438 8 ■MM VaL Pd. Buyer* Selleri. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Austral Malay 5/- 5 Ayer Hitam Tin £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 1 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt
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      • 279 8 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers. Seller*. E 2 Alex. Brick Ord. 0.50 I t Alex. Brick Prefs. 1.00 fl £1 Brit. Arr.. Tobacco 6.0.0 10 5 British Malaya Trustee rt<H> £1 £1 Con. T. S. 7'- Prefs. 20 /G £1 £1 Con. T. S. Ord. 15 G 1 1 Cycle
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      • 139 8 Singapore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 100 101 ci. Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1940 $400,000 105 110 nom. Singapore Municipal 4/2 P-C-of 1909 red. 1955 $1,000,000 104 105 nom. Singapore Municipal 4V£ p.c of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 104 105
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      • 388 8 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. To-d»y Price Fnuier Lyall ft Evatt ft Co. AUenbj (II) 0.46 0 6f» 0.45 060 Alor Gajah ($1) 025 0.35 0.30 0.40 A. Hitam ($1) 0.60 0(>o 0.50 0.60 A Kunmg ($1) 0.06 O.Jn 0.06 0.15 A. Malay ($2) 0.75
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    • 211 8 SELLING. Singapore, Jan. 20. London, 4 months' sight 2 3 15/16 London, 3 months' sight 2/3 29 32 London, 60 days' sight 2/3 7 8 London, 30 days' sight 2327 32 London, demand 2/3 13/16 London, T.T. 2 3 25 32 Lyons and Paris, demand 980 Hamburg, demand
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    • 107 8 Rugby, Jan. 17. Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 8.34 Athens 625 Berlin 14 8 82 Belgrade 250 Bombay 1/6 3/16 Brussels 24 7 16 Bucharest 570 Buenos Aires 42 Vi official Copenhagen 20 3 32 Geneva 17 13 32 Helsingfors 227 '/> Hong Kong 13 1/2 Lisbon 110 Madrid 41
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    • 51 8 The P. and O. Rajputana with the Singapore Mails on board is due to arrive here at 3 p.m. today. It is expected that co-rcspondence will be available for delivery to bcxholders at about 5 pm. and that a general delivery bf postmen will be made at 5
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    • 47 8 (The figures in hra-kvts denote the output for the corresponding period of 193 I. lndragiri.— 73,43s Ib. Malaka Pimlu. 51.200 lb. Jimah.-47.C00 lb. Lawras (Sarawak).— lls.l23 lb. Kuala Reman.— 6l.ooo lb.. (H0.973 lb). Lok Kawi.— 46,500 lb.. (13,000 lb). ISruseh.— 4s,loo lb., (44.C00 lb).
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    • 64 8 (The figures in brackets denote the output for the corresponding period of 193' Phhang Consolidated.- 1,317 pels., (2,100 pels). Takuapa Valley.— Output first half Jan. 615 hrs., 165,000 cv. yds., »74 pels. Katu Tin Dredging— H.s. run 293, cv. yds. treated 85.000, tin .ore won pels 363.
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    • 35 8 Prom France by Felix Roussel due at Singapore 6 a.m. on Sunday, th« 22nd instant. M From China and Japan by MoriokT Maru due at Singapore 6 a.m. on Monday, the 23rd instant.
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  • 294 8 Today. Banka Island. Java, South-West Sumatra. Southeast Borneo. Celebes. Moluccas, Timor Hilly and Australasia lexceptine Western Australia! (Op ten Noort) 2..10 p.m. Sclat l'an<ljar>K. Bengkalis, Siak, Pakan Baroe, Fort <le Kock Padang I Ampang) S p.m. Selat Pandjang, Bingkalis and liacan Si Api Api (F.smeralda) ..3 p.m.
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  • 38 8 ■r Talawba D'Artagnan Christiaan Huygeni Corfu Indrapoera Conte Rosso B'pora Londoa Oct. SO Nut. II Oct. IB Not. U Not. 26 Dec. 16 Nov. 25 Dec. 17 Ktc. 2 Dec. 22 Dec. 15 Jan. 4
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  • 355 8 Winding-Up Order Made. The petition by Sir George Stuart Rul>o;;son, K.C., Industrial Assurance Comm.ssioner, for an order for the compulsory winding up of the Hearts of Oak Assurance Company, Limited, was again, before Mr. Justice Bennett in the Companies Court on Dec. 19. Mr. Norman Birkett, K.C.,
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 72 8 ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. Today, January M. ~j Police Band, Katnng Park. B.l* p.m. Saturday, January 21. "Foolish Virgins." Victoria Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Diving Kxhibition. Sea View Hotrl, fi SO p.m. Sunday. January 22. Hiving Exhibition, R..10 p.m. Monday, January 2.1. Diving Kxhibition. Wednesday, January' Rotary tiffin. Police Band, Telok
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  • FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
    • 198 9 Interest Rates Inquiry Committee Finding. The qu>ti;>n of hunk charges has been considered by thu Finance and Taxation Committee of the Association of British Chambers .of Commerce. The Committee's memorandum oh the rubject. which has been adopted by th.? Executive Council, says: "Th'-re is no
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    • 407 9 The foMowiag publications were issued or received bjr the Department of Statistics, S.S. and F.M.S.. during the period Jan. 7 to 1?, inclusive. ;\nd arc available for public use in the Reference Library, Fullerton liuildini;. Singapore. Application may be Btfde by members of the public resident
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    • 46 9 Small Vrofit On Year's Working. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 19. Stoughton (Perak) Rubber Plantations report a profit for the year ended Sept. :<0 of £3i;2 against a profit of £984 for the previous twelve months. The sum of il.-2:i is carried forward.
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    • 248 9 Wilkinson Process Rubber Co. TBe report of the directors for the year ended Sept 30, states Owing to the depression in the United States of America, the company is no longer represented there. A gross profit of $41,234 was earned but after allowing for depreciation, selling expenses, general
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    • 360 9 The following novols were ailik'd to BaflM Library during tne pust fortnight:--(ivy Mervyn, K. L. Barclay; Friday's Business, :i copies. Maurice During; The Magic Walking Stick, 2 copies, John Buchan; A Kintf of Crooks, 2 copies. Cecil H. Bullivant; Snow in Hunest, Joanna l.'unnan; The Red Hills. Rhys
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    • 155 9 The municipal health statement for tlio week ir.ilrd Jan. 11 gives the total number of deaths at male 90 and female SO. The death rate was is. 12 per milk per annum a- compared with IX.IIK in the preceding week and 2:;.77 in the ioi responding week of
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    • 429 9 m Charles Bradburne And Company. Messrs. Charles Bradburne and Co., UD3O) Ltd., in their fortnightly share report, dated Kuala Lumpur Jan. 14, state The tin market experienced a drop to Hl^ as a result of heavy liquidation in London but subsequently rallied to £11" 17s. 6d., closing as
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    • 314 9 Barlow and Co., in their report, date! Singapore, Jan. 19, ista?e: The easier tendency mentioned last week has been accentuated owing to lack of support by buying interests, and also to disappointment on publication of the American questionnaire figures for December. Consumption was particularly poor at 17,000 tons
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    • 303 9 Closing: Quotations In London. (From Our Owa Correspondaßt) London, Jan. l.». Closing quotations today of the principal British and American stocks are given below: |Tf The rise or fall is in relation to the price of Jan. 18. GOVERNMENT STOCKS, BRITISH. Rise or Fall Conversion Loan
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    • 78 9 Trial At Present Selangor Assizes. (From Our Own CoriesnorHJvrit.l Kuula Lumpur, .Tan. 19., Th.c trial at the Ilylani servant wli<> il rliaiKcd wi'h the murder of Mrs. Wallace and the attempted murder of hci husliand at Klanj; last year will tIHM place al the Sclanfror Assizes towards Ihe
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    • 36 9 A cable received by Cumberbatch and Ca gives the London prices of palm oil at £16 10s. The market is normal. The quotation is made on the basis of 18 per cent, f.f.a., Liverpool.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 613 9 BANKING, NEDERLANDSCH, INDtSCHE HANDELSBANK N. V. MaUUMi IHC3 at Amsterdem. -Authored Capital Glds. 100,000,000 V.m.i up CaaUal i;\<u. r.r,.00n,000 itvm i Ida. 190,324 READ OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BKA.M'II OFFICES: THE HAGUE, ROTTERDAM. O\ KKSKAS HKANCHES. riai Heed office tor Dutch East Indies. HItWCn OFFICES: DUTCH BAST INDIES i Ampenan, Bandeenf. Cheribon,
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    • 334 9 MALAYA TRADE STATISTICS. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE VALUE OF FOREIGN TRADE, INCLUDING PARCEL POST. BULLION AND COIN, IN 19ai AND 1932. IMPORTS. EXPORTS. > t Total Tr»e> 1931. 1932. 1931. 1932. 1i»32. f i Increase Grand Parcel Increase Increase f Total Total Decrease Tot.il. Merchandise. Post. Bullion Grand or Grand
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    • 300 9 BANKING. «j1 -r- NEPERLANDSCHE HAN6EL-MAATSCHAPPIJ,N.V. (Netherlands trading SOCIETY.) Establiished in Amsterdam 1824. HEAD .OFFICE AMSTERDAM WITH BRANCHES IN ROTTERDAM AND THE HAGUE, HEAD OFFICE FOR THE EAST: BATAVIA. Branches throughout the Dutch Beat Indies and in the Straits Settlements, India, China, Japan and Arabia. LONDON BANKERS The National Provincial Bank,
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  • 120 10 AMUSEMENTS Singapore. ALHAMBRA. Sky Devils with Spencer Tracy and William' Boyd. 6.15—9.15. Phone 6909. CAPITOL.— The Phantom President with George M. Cohan and Jimmy Durante 6.15—9.16. Phone 5261-2. GREAT WORLD.— The Princess and The Plumber and Are You There? Pasar Malam. Gate 10 cts. Ladies Free. MARLBOROUGH.— MarIene Dietrich and
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATHS
    • 100 10 The death occurred at her residence 25, Light Street, Penang, on Saturday, Dec. 10, 1932, at the age of 59, of Mrs. Lam Kam Thong (nee Chung Siew Yin Neoh), daughter of the late Capitan Cheang Keng Kwee and sister of Capitan Chung Thye Phin. She leaves behind her
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    • 92 10 EMILY FRANCES DE SOUZA—At the General Hospital, Singapore. Cortege leaves General Hospital today at 4.30 p.m. for the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and thence for interment at Bukit Timah Cemetery. EE.-On January 19, 1933, at 10.30 p.m., Mr. Ec Ban Seng, age 60, died peacefully at his residence.
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  • 861 10 British people in the East have long known that one of the penalties of exile is not merely misunderstanding, but positive hostility towards themselves among certain political and intellectual groups of their own race in their native country. They
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  • 315 10 SOCIAL PERSONAL. Dr. and Mrs. R. M. Dannatt are going hiuiiij on leave in March. Mr. W. N. Sands, of the Agricultural Department, Kedah, has returned from leave. Mr. P- J. Williams, Town Planning Superintendent, Perak, has returned to Ipoh after a holiday at home. M. Dmitri Bogomolov, Counsellor of
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  • 1380 10  -  E. W. McBride.) (By Biological View of Modern Politics. The author, who is Profrttsor of Zoology at the Imperial College of Science, <Uclvras that if Great RritOM is to survive and maintain the British character the bhi'trate of the shiftless mut' in some way be
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  • 795 10 MRS. MEYRICK. A staunch advocate of Krighted London" might lie the epitaph of Mrs. Hayrick, the Nitrht Club Queen, whose death is announced today. Nothing moiti was ever alleged against the famous I Club" which she ran so successfully, than that it was open and selling
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  • 1710 11 Plans for Recovery Of Shanhaikwan. GENEVA TACTICS. Japan Confident Of Getting Her Way. Shanghai, Jan. 20. Information received from certain quarters indicates that the Japanese general offensive on Jehol will probably be undertaken during the Chinese New Year,
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  • 144 11 Incidents Cause Bitterness. Washington, Jan. 19. Relations between the United States and Japan, as affected by the Far Eastern situation, are sure to dominate Friday's meeting between Mr. Hoover and Mr. Roosevelt, at which the latter, as is manifest from his public statements, will probably
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  • 214 11 Companies Agree to The Award. Rugby, Jan. 18. The Railway Companys' Association have announced their willingness to accept the findings of the chairman of the National Wages Board while expressing the view that these fall short of the merits of the case. They have communicated accordingly with the
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  • 107 11 Police Intervene In Paris. Paris, Jan. 18. The sporting world is greatly excited as the result of Monday night's scenes in the Palais des Sports, where the Cuban Negro boxer Kid Fornero was awarded the decision on points against the Frenchman Marcel Thil, the holder of the world's
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  • 85 11 P. and O. Liner Detained At Gibraltar. Furious storms swept the harbour here during the night, wrenching a number of ships from their moorings, some being carried down the river. Six laden barges were sunk. Trees were uprooted and huts on the banks of the Tagus had their
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  • 78 11 Peruvian Invaders In Columbia. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 14. A telegram from Maneos stales that the Columbian gunboat Mosquera, with General Rojas and 1,000 men on board, is en route for Leticia, the town recently seized by a band of Peruvians. She is accompanied by two other gunboats
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  • 27 11 Exchange Rate To Sterling Raised. Wellington, Jan. 19. It is officially announced that the exchange rate has been raised to £125 to UN sterling.— Reuter.
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  • 265 11 Preliminary Report. MODERATING TARIFF POLICIES. Geneva, Jan. 19. The re-establishment of the normal interchange of commodities, general agreement for progressive relaxation and the earliest possible abrogation of emergency restrictions on trade and agreement for the moderation and stabilisation of tariff policies in the future is urged in
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  • 241 11 Retiring from Federal Council. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 20. Nine years of continuous service on the Federal Council ends with the appointment of the Raja Muda of Pcrak in place of Raja Sir Chilian. The retiring member, who has I>een in indifferent health lately,
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  • 164 11 Was Ceremony Without Queen's Knowledge Rome, Jan. 17. With reference to the painful impression caused by the baptism of Queen Joanna's daughter in the Orthodox Church, it is pointed out in Papal circles that the christening was celebrated while the Queen was still prostrate following the birth and
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  • 50 11 Forty-One Per Cent. Reduction Suggested. Washington, Jan. 17. A 41 per cent, reduction in armaments spread over ten years is proposed by Senator Watson, Republican leader, in a resolution introduced to the Senate. H« suggests that the United States initiate multilateral treaty to carry out the project. Reuter Wireless.
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  • 233 11 A Forced Landing. ANOTHER AIRMAN MISSING. Paris, Jan. 19. The French Air Ministry reports that Lady Bailey has been found 20 kilometres south-west of Tohoua, on the Niger. She is safe and well. A forced landing had to be made on account of shortage of petrol. Reuter.
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  • 164 11 Girl Flyers Wrecked In East Africa. Nairobi, Jan. 17. The rescue plane landed two miles from the scene of the crash of the machine Miss Joan Page and Miss Barker were flying, and the pilot and his companions, struggling through the bush, found Miss Page had broken a
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  • 127 11 Regular Weekly Air Service. Port Natal Brazil, Jan. 17. A flight from France to South America in four and a quarter days has been secomplished by the giant French throe engincd aeroplane Arc en Ciel which arrived here safely at 4.40 p.m., having left St. I.nui>, Senegal,
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  • 72 11 Arrested Man Dies In Hospital. London, Jan. 17. James Furnace, the man arrested in connection with the murder of Walter Spatchett, died after a nightlong fight to save his life. Reuter Wireless. Furnace was arrested at Southend on Jan. IB following an intensive police search since the discovery
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  • 60 11 Result of Liverpool By-Election. London, Jan. 19. The by-election in the Exchange division of Liverpool made necessary by the death of Lieut.-Col. Sir James Reynolds, National Conservative, resulted as follows Col. J. J. Shute, National Conservative 15,198. Mr. Silver-man, Labour. 12,412.— Reuter. At the General Election Sir
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  • 246 11 NIGHT CLUB QUEEN DEATH. Career of Mrs. Kate Meyrick. London, Jan. 20. Mrs. Kate Meyrick, known as London's "Night Club Queen," has died from influenza. Reuter. Mrs. Meyrick's name became widely known on account of the number of times she fell foul of the police on account of offences against
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  • 180 11 The Dramatic Last-Minute Reprieve. Hong Kong, Jan. 19. Very unusual circumstances attended the dramatic last minute reprieve of Cheng Kwok-yau who was sentenced to death on a charge of procuring the murder of George Fung. The petition presented last week urged the south of the accused and the
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  • 102 11 Congratulations on 70th Birthday. I.iinclnii. Jan. 17. Mr. Lloyd George was overwhelmed 'today with congratulations from foreign statesmen and political friends and foes aiik» on the attainment of his 70th birthday. He spent part of the day making a talkie with his family at Criccieth where every
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  • 119 11 Rock Crashes on Three Houses. Paris, Jan. 18. A terrible accident of an unusual nature occurred in the Loire Valley, when a huge 'block of rock dominating the river crashed down on three houses in the village or Rochecordon. Fortunately it took place at the time of day
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  • 43 11 Recovering From Attack Of Influenza. Rugby, Jan. 18. The condition of Prince George, who is in bed with influenza, was today reported to be quite satisfactory and the doctor says he will be out again in a few days. British Wireless.
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  • 758 11 Great Expectations Raised. RICH REEFS. Leading Mineralogist's Report. London, Jan. 17. There was every promise, not only of additional reefs at Kakamega, but much bigger reefs, declared the wdacnt mineralogist, Sir Albert Kitson, who ha-* recently returned after investigation of the gold discoveries in Kenya, when
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  • 62 11 New Chief Of Imperial General Staff. Rugby. Jan. 17. Field-Marshal Sir George Milne will relinquish his appointment as Chief of the Imperial General Staff on Feb. 19. On that date General Sir Archibald Montgomery will leave the AdjutantGene! al's office to succeed him, and on the same day
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  • 1226 12 Capt. Cecil Brooks. RANCH] CAPTAIN'S LAST VOYACK. A sai|cr who has known what it MM fo «o 141 da>* without sreing another human heiiiK outMde the ship (during .1 vu.xace from North America round the Horn to «{ueenstown). lived to become one of the best-known figures
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  • 579 12 Wrong Doing in a Variety Of Forms. A Chinese who tore an ear-ring from a tree-year-old Chinese girl's ear pleaded guilty to robbery before Mr. H. A. Fomr, the Criminal. District Judge, yesterday, and was sentenced to eight months' rigorous imprisonment. It was stated that the
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  • 367 12 Near Spot Where First j Occurred. A second drowning tragedy at the Naval Base formed the subject of an inquiry which was commenced before Mr. F. G. Bourne, the Singapore Coroner, yesterday. A remarkable coincidence is that an Indian, the deceased, fell over the sea
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  • 141 12 Claim Against Fire Insurance Co. The claim of Chin Choon, a contractor, for the recovery of 818,477 from the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd., on a policy in respect of a store and its centents which were destroyed by fire, ci the night of Aug. 15-lfi at
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  • 448 12 Arouses Indignation Of Communist Press. The Daily Worker, organ of the British Communist Party, is indignant at the arrest of Joseph Ducroux, the French Communist organiser who was arrested in Singapore last year. Here is their lament over the "Imperialist Powers' injustice:" How the imperialist Powers
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  • 31 12 Mr. N. N. Leicester, of the legal firm of Messrs. Donaldson and Burkinshaw, left today by the Tinombo, on a health trip to Sumatra. He will be away for three months.
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  • 211 12 K.L. Airmen Land At Malacca. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jan. 19. Fore-ed down by bad weather on the Golf Course on Sunday, Mr. R. G. \Y:!sh;i\\ and Mr. A. C. Murkherjee of the Kuala Lumpur Flying Club opened a new chapf r in the
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  • 303 12 Funeral at Bidadari Cemetery. The funeral of Dr. F. W. Carnegy, whose death was reported yesterday, took place at the Bidadari Cemetery this morning, the Rev. L. St. Petter' officiating. There Was a large attendance of relatives and friends, and wreatke were received from the following:
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  • 163 12 Mr. R. K. Auten and Miss Ruby Oakes. TJie weddlqg of Mr. Richard Kenneth Autcn, of the Govnrnncent Monopolies Department, Singapore, so/i of the late Mr. W B. Autcn, of Kent, and Miss Ruby Ada Doris Oake. formerly of the General Hospital, Johore Bahru, daughter of Mr. and
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  • 151 12 Now Dying Out In Seremban. ♦From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban, Jan. 18. The monthly meeting of the Seremban Sanitary Board was h?ld at the Council Chamber this morning. Regarding the reduction «f pork stall fees at Mantjn, Nilai and Broga from $15 to $8 for Mantin and $6
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  • 720 12 Proceedings broadcast. WIRELESS PROSPERS IN SPITE OF SLUMP. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Peneaff, Jan. 19. There was a luise gatheiiiifr, including many distinguished guests, at the Town Hall here today when t1"t 1 Exhibition opened. Mr. Thorpe, tlie president of the Wireless Society, opened the proceed
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  • 170 12 Complainant Absent And Accused Acquitted. S. Peermohamed, an Indian, was '•harged l>efore Mr. Justice McFall at the Selangor Assizes with criminal breach of trust in respect of property belonging to S. Abdullasah. namely, nine bundles Of cloth valued at $;>,2.~>0, 16 tins of kerosene oil valued at S;<2,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • End Of Third Test—England's Big Victory.—Home Football Results.
    • 974 13 338 Runs to Spare. AUSTRALIAS POOR SHOW IN SECOND INNINGS. Adelaide, Jan. 19. In contrast to the fine weather which had prevailed during the previous five days' play, the third Test match .was resumed this morning in sultry conditions before a small attendance on a wicket which
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    • 334 13 Jardine Replies To Critics. If was not to be expected that D. R. JarJine, me England captain, would ?ontinue to take silently the scathing ritkisms of the England "shock" bowl is han. led out by some of the Australian viiters and certain other Australians. •Jaidire is not
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    • 51 13 Walsall Score Eight Against Mansfield. London, Jan. 19. The following were the results of English League games played today: Third Division (Southern). Newport Co. 2 Aldershot 1 Doncaster R. 1 Chester 0* Hull o Barrow 0 Walsall 8 Mansfield T. 1 ♦Abandoned after 40 mm. owing to fog.
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  • 120 13 Garrison Club Championship. The qualifiying round for the Garrison Golf Club. Championship Cup will be played tomorrow: 3 p.m., L;eut.-Col. F. G. Hyland vs. I. C. S. Ponsford. 3.05 p.m., C. B. Maxwell vs. Capt, L. J. Fairchild. 3.10 p.m., S. P. Holmes-Smith vs. I.ieut. G. H. T.
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  • 428 13 Best Ship's Side In 1932. The football team from the P. and O. RMS. Ranchi which, as the best ship'team playing in Singapore during 1932 was the winner of the Sailors' Institute Cup presented by Mr. A. C. Willis, attended a dance on Wednesday when
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  • 287 13 Charlie Smith Decisively Beaten. The main item of a very fine bill at the Granby Halls, Leicester, was the twelve (3 mm.) rounds heavyweight contest between Reggie Meen (Market Harborough) and Charlie Smith (Deptford). this being the fourth meeting between the pair. This opened in sensational style, Smith
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  • 99 13 Teams for Colony Trial Match. The following will play in a practice bock«y match for the Colony against the X.M.S., on the S.R.C. ground on Monday Colours S. L. Oehlers R. A. Ashworth and Can*. P. R. P. Miers G. Ross, G. K. N. Oehlers and R. N.
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  • 403 13 Today, January 20. Hockey: S.R.C. l«t v«. Malaya Command SRC. jrrd.; S.R.C. 2nd v». R.I. "A." R.I. prd j Police vs. Raffles College. BMMti Medical College v» O.R.A. 2nd Collesre grd. V.M.C.A. vs. S.K.A., Anson Road. *"'''>• "A" v,. R.A.F. "A." Padang <Munl«y, January 21. Hockey: O.R.A. vs.
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  • 91 13 Revised Fixtures for Next Month. Fixtures in the Straits Chinese Football Association League have been revised as follows: Date. Feb. 4.— C.C.A.A. vs. Aston A. C. s.— St. M.Y.P.G. vs. A.A.A. 7.— 5.8.A.A. vs. B.A.C. 12. B.A.C. vs. Ast->n A.C. 14.— St. M.Y.P.G. v S.B.A.A. 17.— St. M.Y.P.G.
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  • 63 13 Mixed Doubles Tournament at S.C.C. A mixed doubles tournament will be held at the Singapore Cricket Club, beginning on Monday, Feb. 6. Both level and handicap competitions will be played, and entries ($2 each player) will close on Monday, Jan. 30. It has been decided that when tourna wients
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  • 32 13 The hockey and Rugby matches to have been played at Tanglin yesterday between teams from the Wiltshire Regiment and H.M.S. Berwick were cancelled owing to the condition of the grounds.
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  • 1329 13 Grand National Plans. CHAMPION HURDLER FALLS OVER FENCES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Straits Times Office. Fle^-t Street, Jan. 3. Although Grand National entries were made this afternoon no list of them is yet available. Individual trainers, however, have been talking about the horses they are preparing
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    • 32 13 Other Sporting News Appears On page 15. AVON TYRES j I NEW STANDARDS OF TYRE j PERFORMANCE, ACHIEVED BY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INTENSIVE ROAD TEST I AGENTS: BRINKMANN CO. TEL. No. 5935.
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    • 77 13 "dncUqood '4£ To get from beer all the Jsi pleasure and nutriment it can give it must be fresh. !^YAJnWK*«* In Malaya there is only one t J GER(^^^BP^ D $i fresh beer and that is TIGER > \«s m (the 10CK pure) BEER. It is as good and as
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  • 782 14 Mr. A. E. W. Mason. BRITAIN IS NOT DOWN AND OUT." That ho tru alMaWd <U the growth of Malaya within the last two decades mi tin 1 remark made l>y Mr. A. E. W. .Ma-on, the well-known author, in the an interview with a Straits
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  • 55 14 Store And Smoke House Destroyed At Bukit Panjang. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Klung, Jan. 19. Fire bnka at Bukit Panjang K*ta*.e .l.iam la-t light, and a rubber store ami the adjoining smoke BjSSM wei <kstroyod. The Klang An brigade was aMt -;i\,' tin- coolie lines, another sm
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  • 13 14 Hn Skryafe «n<' Jlrs 9ytM are pas ■encera fiom home by the Meonia.
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  • 348 14 Close of Distinguished Career. Singapore has lost one of its leading 'itizens in the person of the Hon. Mr. P. A. Pledger, Chairman of Boustead and Cn. since 1929, who, accompanied by Mrs. Pledger, left for Home via Australia by 'he Nieuw Holland yesterday.
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  • 329 14 Alleged Fraudulent Conveyance. A somewhat unusual case came before Mr. Justice Terrell in the Supreme Court yesterday, when the Official Assignee asked for a declaration that a conveyance made by Sassoon Ezekk'l, a banklupt, in favour of his wife, Mi's. Rachel Ezckicl, should be declared null and void
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  • 2513 14 "Not a Mortgage." COUNSEL'S CONTENTIONS FOR DEFENDANTS. A case which may have on important bearing on the law relating to share-car-rying contracts was continued before Mr. Justice Whitley in the Supreme Court yesterday, in which Mr. Scan Eng Lim, a retired bank manager, is suing
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  • 282 14 Alleged Robbery Of Promissory Note. "The same old story," commented Mr. H. A. Foirer, the Criminal DiMrict Judge, yesterday, after hoaring an outline of a ease in which an Indian appeared before him charged with robbery of promissory note for $55. Mr. S. C. Goho appeared lor
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  • 169 14 Hopes of Mr. Cosgrave's Success. Dublin. Jan. 17. While the strength of Mr. de Valera's following in many parts of the country Is net under-estimated, there is growing expectation here that Kir. Ccsgrave will be returned, although probably with so small a majority that his Cove;7iinent will have
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  • 170 14 To Enter Diplomatic Service. Tin key intends to admit women to the Diplomatic Service very SMB. From being before the War one of the most backward nations in the world so far as the treatment of women was concerned, Turkey is becoming, under Mustapha Xenial. its soldier ruler,
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  • Sporting News.
    • 994 15 Quite Ready to Tackle Camera. The following article gives information gathered in the course of an exclusive interview with Jack Doyle, the young British heavyweight in whom great hones are centred. Jack Doyle is a magnificent specimen of younsr manhood very tall but broad in
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    • 546 15 Interesting Experiment At White City. The first flood-light football match ever played in London took place at the White City Stadium, in the presence of a large and interested attendance that included many nrominent officials of both codes, writes C. W. Packford in the Sporting Chronicle. The
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    • 237 15 Principal Events In 1933. The following is a list of the principal races to be run at Home in 1933 Lincolnshire Handicap Mar. 22 Liverpool Spring Cup Mar. 'S-i Grand National Mar. 2-1 Champion Steeplechase Mar. 2"> Newbury Spring Cup Apr. 1 Queen's Prize Apr. 17 Great Metropolitan
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 49 15 "LET 'EM ALL COME." Hope is the lat<>st cha'.lt'njre issued on Inlialf of Larry Gains by his manager: "1 will haik Gains against Jack Petersen, Geortre Cook. Kejrjfie Meen, Jack Doyle, ami lack FVUitVr, and will wager 4200 to iT>OO that he beats them all, fightinjf in successive weeks."
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    • 37 15 JUST RECEIVED A Complete Shipment of V»n Hensen'i Semi-Stiff Collars. 60 eta. each. Sizes 13 to 174 and in V» sizes. Styles 88 or J9. THYE CHIANG CO., LTD. IM, North Bridge Road. Singapore. (Adelphi Hotel Building).
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    • 279 15 For your throats sake, smoke FRESH Cigarettes. CRAVENA CORK TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES '«S^'i?* BTaT W r RSS^W. I "50" tin is de- ''"'"'< Nc4t fiuin» lid. M jot LHth/ttV^^wam From Arcadia Works in London When you pull this rubber Tab listen where the World's finest Virginia for the air rushing
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  • FEATURES OF THE WEEK'S NEWS FROM CHINA.
    • 1677 16 Demand For Strong Action In The North Nervousness In The Shanghai "War Area —An Ominous Quietness Enigma Of The Young Marshal ff HI Japan Attack To The End?" Forgetting The Lessons Of The Great War Another Japanese Review In Hongketc Park Machine-Gun Practice As A Background Exodus
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    • 570 16 Banking Failure. THREF RICE FIRMS IN DIFFICULTIES. Canton, Jan. 13. The business community was pariiysel during the week-end by the sensational suspension of four native banks and i.vp big rice firms. This year will go into the trade annals of Canton as one of the worst
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    • 216 16 Shameen Resident Fined For Harbouring. Mr. Gurvich proprietor of the Fancy Goods Store and of the Canton Riding Academy in the Shameen French Concession, was fined $3,000 by the French Consul at Shameen for harbouring Harry Goldenberg, a fugitive from justice, according to the Canton Daily Sun. The
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    • 711 16 DRAGON THRONE FOR PU-YI Monarchist Dreams. MUST STAND ON OWN FEET FIRST. Changchun, Dec. 27. Manchukuo's monarchists, chiefly Chinese and Manchu dignitaries formerly connected with the Imperial Court Peking, now an influential group in this capital, are tired of the nondescript status ot the titular head of their nation and
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    • 91 16 To Lead Army Against The Japanese. Shanghai, Jan. 12. Liv Wen-hui, quarrelsome Chinese military commander and Chairman of the I Stechuan Provincial Government, who figured prominently in the Szechuan civil wars in the past weeks, has addres- I sed a telegram to the Nanking Government tendering his
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    • 124 16 Temperature Below Zero At Chinwangtao. Chinwangtao, Jan. 12. Despite adverse climatic conditions and the extreme hardship, Chinese troops east of Chinwangtao are keeping cheerful. The temperature on Tuesday was about zero Fahrenheit, with a biting north wind, and yesterday the thermometer registered several degrees below Zero. The troops
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    • 280 16 Official Restriction On Religion. Bmttw, Jan. 8. Efforts are being maue by the Municipal Education Authorities to suppress unregistered schools, or to force them tq register. Several Christian schools havo been sincled out for particular attention. These institutions which are carried on by the American Baptist Mission, the
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    • 920 16 An Ominous Cloud Over The Southern Metropolis Japanese Blockade Runners Have They Been Executed? Consul-General Demands An Explanation From The Mayor The Four Are Alive But Not Yet Produced Mr. Yoshida Still Waiting Local Press Afraid To Mention Negotiations Photo Taken At Execution." (From Our Own Correspondent.)
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    • 203 16 Robbers Raid Offices And Residences. Harbin, Jan. 7. Lawlessness is increasing in Harbin and robber gangs, emboldened by the success of their previous efforts and the easiness of escape, are becoming more audacious. Hardly a day now passes without raids on offices or residences. In some quarters it
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    • 57 16 Built Out Of Boxer Indemnity Fund. Nanking, Jan. 12. A new power jilant with a <lailv capacity generating 10,000 kilowats will start functioning early next month. The erection of the plant was made possible by a loan from the British Boxer fund, the money beinif v led
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  • 3084 17 The Demand For hUlex A Wamint* Comes True 1 1 rait h And Finance When Leave Is A Nightmare Forestry Impressions Budded Rubber In The Slump, (By Our Planting Correspondent) AT the last 1.5.1', conference Mr. R, o. Hishop warned his hearers that the demand for latex
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  • 149 17 Editor Imprisoned For Libel on Police. Clarence Ernest Mason, aged 35, editor, publisher, and proprietor of the DailyWorker, was sentenced to six months in the second division at Leeds Assizes for publishing criminal and defamatory libels concerning the West Riding Constabulary. He was ordered to find two surties
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  • 47 17 Fog Delays Atllantic Liners. Rugby, Jan. 18. Kog in the English Channel disorganised Southampton shipping today, and the departure of the Bcren&aria for New York was delayed while the incoming Aquitania and btther vessels were held up off the Isle of Wight. -British Wireless.
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  • 56 17 The Police Band will play the following programme at Katong Park today at 5.15 Overture, "Der Freiachutz" (Weber) Suite, "The Merchant of Venice" Rcsse) "My Prayer" (Squire) "Ships that Pass in the Night" (Stephenson) Waltz, "The Blue Dp.nube" (Strauss) Selection, "II Trovatoif" (Verdi) Descriptive, "Les Cloches de St.
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  • 25 17 Brother Of Japanese Dowager Empress. Tokio, Jan. 19. Prince Michizane Kujo, a brother of the Dowager Empress, died today of thrombosis. Reuter.
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    • 19 17 F. nri. S. R. CHINESE NEW YEAR and HARI RAIA PUASA HOLIDAYS 1933 RETUBX TICKETS REDUCED FARES EYKRY WHERE.
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    • 382 17 THE ONLY ALL BRITISH CHEST ON THIS MARKET I r, i EpiKowcAX packing AND THE BEST. A PRODUCT OF MALAYA BY MALAYAN COLLIERIES, LTD. Tel 4265, KUALA LUMPUR. Telegrams "ARANG." '-Women who-] Suffer y<» YEAST-VITE Tired Mothers, Weary WJJI^M— J— JIM Business Girls, Pale SMS M Anaemic Women, all 2T^^^^^^^^sP
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  • 1989 18 THE EMPIRE AS AN ECONOMIC UNIT. Important Stationery Office Publication. (By Air Mail.) London, Jan. 1. s summary of highly illuminating figure* of production and trade relating U) tropical agricultural produce has been compiled by the statistics and intelligence brand) of the Empire Marketing Boar
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  • 244 18 Death Sentence In Suicide Pact. Sentence of death was passed at the Old Bailey on Herbert Turner, aged 21, of Shipley, Yorkshire, for the murder of Mrs. Mabel Hill, aged 32, of Leeds Road, Bradford. The woman was separated from her husband, and she and Turner formed an
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  • 108 18 Irrigation of Suiyuan Province. Peiping, Jan. 2. A ceremony took place at Kueihua yesterday morning when the Satochu Irrigation Canal was turned over by the China International Famine Relief Commission to the Suiyuan Provincial Government and by the latter to the Min--heni.hu Irrigation Association. The main canal is
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 241 18 Making Driving a New Pleasure THE TWIN -TOP GEARBOX THE NEW AUSTIN TEN -FOUR is fitted with the latest departure in -i automobile manufacturing the twin top gearbox. Beyond a doubt, this is \"*tlSJfl one c reatest boons to the owner driver. It makes driving a pleasure sw* v v.tf«
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  • 2515 19 LYING NOTES hit And Home Records Secured Astonishing Pei formatter Of Meic Aero 'Engine Britain's Attack On Instance Record U ai ting Luck Of The Weather Conditions Of Success The D. H. Dragon NV'ir Light Transport Plane Quick Construction Frying Nnrs+riv* R>artvo> On Empire Ainotiys. London,
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  • 266 19 Disabled Boat Saved In Storm. A wonderful story of the heroism and erdurance of boy of IS, who stuck to the wheel of a disabled ship in a storm for :JO hours after the cantain and mate had been seriously injured, was told on
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  • Correspondence.
    • 589 19 Extra Taxation And Luxuries. To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— l am certain that I am not the only one' in Penang, by a very >large number, who offers thanks for the fact that two of our local members of the Legislative Council showed that
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    • 715 19 To the Editor' of the Straits Times. Sir,— As Mr. E. N. T. Cummins, in Im letter of Jan. 12 published in your issuof Jan. 17 asks me a feW pertinent questions I hope you will allovr me to answer them. The assumption that there should be
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    • 416 19 To the Editor of the' Straits Times. Sir, I hope that will be able to fin.l space for this letter in order to draw attention to the handicap under which British vessels, locally owned, are operating owing to there being" no port charges for vessels using the port.
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  • 55 19 Tokio, Jan. A Tientsin menage reports that about 20 Chinese who had committed outrages in the Chinese city of Chinwangtao. under cover of the uneasiness caused l,v news <>f the recent Shanhaikwan fighting, were caugi| and shot to death yesterday by order of Gen. Tien Tse-min. the
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 178 19 Today's Crossword Puzzle (CLUES.) ACROSS }f f*£* lfi. Incite I, rtcnomination 2 4 Stauifi'rs <■ R isdal 4 i*«; Bestowed H. IJcvartate 2T Number 11. Katrerness 2 8. Conclu-ive 12. Native of Aralna :ln Poison If- SP«"«S P«"« M. I'inch 16. Happiness ;t: j. Nick 17. Common plant ;j.% Produce
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